1. Poe, Doppelgängers and The Tell-Tale Heart
The Doppelgänger Technique in The Tell-Tale Heart Creating a doppelganger demands splitting one's "self " into two distinct "selves ". ... In The Tell-Tale Heart the protagonist is represented by the narrator, (the murderer), his doppelganger being the old man, whom he kills. ... THE INP OF THE PERVERSE IN POE'S "THE TELL-TALE HEART" Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," is a short story very similar to the same author's later published story (essay) called The imp of the perverse. ... Both The Tell-Tale Heart and The imp of the perverse present a crime that is committ...
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- Grade Level: High School